Healthy lifestyle changes

Your doctor may recommend that you make the following heart-healthy lifestyle changes that will last a lifetime to reduce the risk of conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease that can lead to cardiac arrhythmias.

• Heart healthy eating
• Stop smoking
• Be physically active
• Stress management
• maintain a healthy weight

Medicines

Your doctor can give you medicine for your arrhythmia. Some of these are used in conjunction with each other or in conjunction with a procedure or a pacemaker. If the dose is too high, medicines to treat arrhythmia may cause an irregular rhythm. This is more common in women.

• Adenosine to slow down a beating heart. Adenosine works quickly to slow down electrical signals. It can cause chest pain, redness, and shortness of breath, but any discomfort usually goes away quickly.
• Atropine to treat a slow heart rate. This medicine may make it difficult to swallow.
• Beta-blockers to treat high blood pressure or a fast heart rate, or to prevent repeated episodes of arrhythmia. Beta-blockers can cause digestive problems, sleep problems and sexual dysfunction, and can make some driving disorders worse.
• Calcium channel blockers to reduce a fast heart rate or the speed at which signals travel. They are usually used to control upper chamber arrhythmias. In some cases, calcium channel blockers can cause ventricular fibrillation. They can also cause digestive problems, swollen feet, or low blood pressure.
• Potassium channel blockers to slow the heart rate. They work by increasing the time it takes heart cells to recover after baking so that they fire or contract less often. Potassium channel blockers can cause low blood pressure or other arrhythmias.
• Sodium channel blockers to block the transmission of electrical signals, extend cells' recovery periods and make cells less excitable. However, these drugs can increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in people with heart disease.
• Digitalis or digoxin, to treat a fast heartbeat. & Nbsp; This medicine can cause nausea and cause arrhythmias.
• Blood thinners to reduce the risk of blood clots. This helps prevent strokes. Blood thinners pose a risk of bleeding.

Procedures

If medications aren't treating your arrhythmia, your doctor may recommend one of these procedures or devices.

• Catheter ablation
• Cardioversion
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
• Pacemaker (English)

Other treatments

Treatment may also include treating underlying conditions such as electrolyte imbalance, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep apnea, or thyroid disease.

Your doctor can use supplements to treat a magnesium or electrolyte deficiency. Electrolytes can also be an alternative to drugs that treat arrhythmia if your doctor is concerned they could cause arrhythmia.

Your doctor may also use certain techniques to lower your heart rate. The exercises stimulate the body's natural relaxation processes. They do this by affecting the vagus nerve, which helps regulate the heart rate. Techniques can include:

• Making you cough or gag (nausea)
• Have them hold their breath and press down, which is called the Valsalva maneuver
• Let him lie down
• Place a towel dipped in ice water on your face